Police are also roping in fact-checking websites to verify rumours on social media and debunk fake news.
The march, which commenced from Nashik on March 6, will culminate in Mumbai on Monday and protestors plan to gherao the Vidhan Bhavan where the Budget session of the state legislature is underway, said organisers.
In several parts of the metropolis, shops were shut in protest and schools held prayer meets as a mark of respect to the CRPF personnel who were killed on Thursday.
Her appointment as World Health Organisation's deputy director offers an opportunity to push for improving the medical research environment in India.
It took a lockdown for us in India to even recognise that the plight of migrants needs to be addressed. They were faceless and unrecognised. They were unappreciated and even hounded. They were poorly paid and exploited, notes Ramesh Menon.
In a video-conference with the Governors, Lieutenant Governors and Administrators of states/union territories, the president emphasized the need to ensure that no one remains hungry during the nationwide lockdown.
This is the fourth death this year caused by vehicles skidding on potholes on the Jawhar-Dahanu road.
'More people will come out of the BJP. You just wait and watch.'
Intense spells of rain are likely to continue in the districts of Thane, Raigad and Mumbai during next four hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
'We had no inkling this would come. Admittedly, we failed to inspire confidence in migrants that no harm would come to them if they stayed back.' Radhika Ramaseshan reports.
'In Mumbai the mortality rate was reaching a percentage of almost 8 plus in about April.' 'But now over last one month, we have come down.' 'We have drastically controlled mortality.' 'We are now about 3.9.'
The opposition parties snatched the high-profile Kairana LS seat in from BJP with a united force.
'Many BJP MLAs and ministers tell us the police does not listen to them.'
The alliance won 41 of the 48 seats leaving the Congress-NCP combine with just 5 seats.
'The Sena is always ready for any and every eventuality.'
In villages in Palghar district -- in Mumbai's backyard -- more than 254 children have died from malnutrition.
The fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections will go to polls on April 29. The voting will be held for 71 seats spread across 9 states.
The malnourished children whose condition has attracted the attention of India's apex court.
Incessant rains continued to lash Mumbai city and neighbouring districts on Saturday, throwing normal life out of gear even as weathermen predicted heavy showers across the state for Sunday.
The death toll climbed to 15,301 with 407 new fatalities, according to the Union health ministry data.
'Predictions are that numbers will continue to rise till May end and maybe in the first half of June will be our peak.'
The shuttle train derailed between Palgarh and Umroli on the Virar-Dahanu Road section. Two were injured.
Extreme political views and decent humour in the cyber world cannot be prohibited, Centre told the Supreme Court on Tuesday while making out a case for blocking outrageous and offensive contents hurting religious sentiments.
Shaw comes from Virar, a small town in Palghar district near Mumbai, and the youngster walked down memory lane, retracing his journey from his home town to New Zealand.
Seven passengers were charred to death when a luxury bus caught fire after colliding with a diesel tanker in the wee hours of Wednesday on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway.
Residents in Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra continue to struggle as floods leave them in a watery hell.
None of them who took to the dais at the farmers' morcha spoke about the Forest Rights Act, lack of irrigation facilities, minimum support price, and under-employment among the tribals, issues dear to the agitationists, says Prasanna D Zore.
The Sena also said that forming a partnershipwith the BJP means "killing your own freedom of janadhar."
'More than 114 cases have been registered for spreading fake messages, rumours and fake news on WhatsApp.' 'People on various groups are reporting such crimes.' 'The most heartening development is people are now not tolerating such things.'
'They are all worried about one thing -- what about tomorrow?'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal over phone and discussed about the prevailing condition on Monday.
'2019 now looks like a real contest.' 'It will not be a repeat of 2014 if the BJP has to deal with erosion of its already low vote share of 31 per cent, and also faces a united Opposition,' says T N Ninan.
There have been several instances of traders dumping fruits and vegetables outside mandis. Or of farmers dumping produce outside their villages or feeding them to their animals.
Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party of not fulfilling its promise of giving a ministerial berth to Republican Party of India in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet, its chief Ramdas Athawale on Thursday asked the saffron party to get its act right, or risk the breakdown of 'Mahayuti'.
'Modi underestimated Pawar.'
Only when the RBI inspection started on September 19 did they realise that their game was up and one of them had sent a letter to the central bank, leading to the RBI crackdown, report Anup Roy and Subrata Panda.
'My son did not write the post at all. He just shared it. Somebody else had written it.'
Srinu Bugatha, Sudha Singh win Indian Elite category.
The police claimed the bus driver had violated rules for the pilgrimage.
